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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Oct 22;27C:174–184. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.10.013

Figure 3. Blister fluid cytokine and salivary cortisol response to capsaicin application and stress.

Figure 3

(a) Increases in blister fluid TNF-α from pre to post-challenge at T1 (t(46) = −8.09, p < .001), T2 (t(42) = −8.89, p < .001), and T3 (t(46) = −12.00, p < .001). (b) Increases in blister fluid IL-8 from pre- to post-challenge at T1 (t(41) = −6.33, p < .001), T2 (t(41) = −7.99, p < .001) and T3 (t(44) = −10.54, p < .001). (c). Increases in salivary cortisol from pre- to post-challenge at T1 (t(47) = −6.01, p < .001), T2 (t(42) = −4.21, p < .001), and T3 (t(45) = −4.73, p < .001). Error bars represent standard error of the mean.

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